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Dadashri : When one has the experience of the Self (Atma), as the supreme Self (parmatma) then he indeed is the supreme Self, and when he has the experience of Shuddhatma, then he is Shuddhatma. And, the worldly people have the experience of being the worldly self (muddhamma). "This is my uncle, this is my aunt, this is my mother-in-law's aunt's son etc,' is anant-chit. It is because of the anant-chit that one can remember all these. He is exact and precise in knowing all these relationships and yet he has no knowledge of who he really is. When he knows this i.e. when he knows his real Self after Selfrealization, he becomes liberated.
When 'Dada' comes in your dreams it means that the chit has become ek-chit at that time. Generally people have no concept of the chit: instead they play a tug-of-war with their minds. This worldly life has arisen because of the chit. People's chit has spilt everywhere. Their chit has been caught up in innumerable locations.
Questioner : Never, Dada.
Dadashri : If the chit remains present then energies will increase tremendously. Should one not keep an eye on where and when the chit goes?
'We' salute those whose chit never goes anywhere. Dada's chit never goes anywhere and that is called freedom. Liberation is synonymous with the liberation from the wandering chit.
From infinite chit to one chit Here in the satsang, why do we tell everyone to sing Kavi's pados (spiritual songs about the Soul)? Because for the duration of time they sing, their chit becomes ek-chit i.e. concentrated and focused in only one place. The whole world is absorbed in endless chit, including the ascetics, the monks etc. When you sing these pados in my presence, your chit remains here, concentrated in one place. The concentrated chit will not dissipate in different directions. The whole world is trying hard to focus the chit at one location so it will not wander, but no one can. One can only achieve that when the chit becomes pure (shuddha). The chit can only become pure when one meets a Gnani.
There are three types of worldly chit:
1. Anant chit' (endless or infinite chit). There is no stability in this chit whatsoever.
2. Anek chit' (many different chit). There is stability in this chit which is why one can go to temples and derasars.
3. 'Ek chit' (one chit; concentrated or focused in only one place). One is eternally blessed when this happens.
Questioner : Dada, is the soul (atma) the same as the Supreme Soul (parmatma)?
Questioner: How did the chit arise?
Dadashri : When one sees an object (gneya) with the light of the buddhi, the impure chit sees the object by the process of taking on the form of the object being seen (to become gneyakar). That chit can see the tables and the chairs at home, but it cannot see the Shuddhatma (the Self).
Questioner : Is chit dictated by karma?
Dadashri : Yes, but if the chit becomes still then it is good. Otherwise, one is trapped if it gets stuck somewhere. It will remain stuck there, no matter how hard the mind tries to divert it to get it unstuck. As it is the anant-chit already exists but it is very difficult to bring it into anek-chit. One's work will be done when the chit becomes 'ek-chit'. This is possible with our
Gnan.
From anant-chit to anek-chit means that one can keep a
